-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 27/03/12 04:08 PM, Kent Fredric wrote: > On 28 March 2012 08:59, William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> What I was wanting to discuss mainly was that /usr/portage isn't >> right; I think we need to move that out of the /usr directory. >> >> I'm not sure what the new default should be, nor how the default >> should be decided. Maybe we just let Zac pick one? > > While we're talking about things that probably don't belong in > /usr/ : > > src , esp /usr/src/linux and friends. > > I know its not likely to ever change, but its always felt very > very wrong to be under /usr > > I've always sort of treated /usr as if it was this big space of > "untouchable, except by package manager", and /usr/src/linux sort > of violates that sense ( as does /usr/local/ to an extent , but > its slightly different ) >
Remember that these things pre-dated package managers, though, right? (of course i'm showing my own age here..) :D To further the bikeshed: - ---Quote: FHS 2.3--- /var/cache Application cache data. Such data are locally generated as a result of time-consuming I/O or calculation. The application must be able to regenerate or restore the data. The cached files can be deleted without loss of data. ..ok, I guess 'emerge --sync' is a valid regeneration method for the cache. I withdraw my objection to moving /usr/portage into /var/cache -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAk9yIfEACgkQAJxUfCtlWe0NMQEAgGugDZWZS5EfB3rn3oUOU7Vf wYgYo3Oflgd4EqzjH20BAJkk2l/dXX0yAw6NZEmB9VuSfwgbQUQe/wetoMbbc5BR =4AZd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
